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Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s I Am Mary Jo Buttafuoco

January 18, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

After nearly 34 years, a victim finally tells her story… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Biography, Chloe Lanier, Dillon Casey, Drama, I Am Mary Jo Buttafuoco, Indy Lesage, Jonas Janz, Lifetime, Maddy Hillis

Movie Review :: Lifetime’s Surviving My Father: The Rachel Jeffs Story

October 5, 2025Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Lifetime dramatizes a well-documented tale of abuse and survival… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Alex Rose, Biography, Britt Robertson, Drama, Elyse Maloway, Kaitlyn Bernard, Lifetime, Michael Eklund, Ripped from the Headlines, Surviving My Father: The Rachel Jeffs Story, Ty Wood, Tyler Cody

Movie Review :: Lifetime’s I Was a Child Bride: The Courtney Stodden Story

September 28, 2025Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Lifetime delves into a sordid true life tale of grooming and fame… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Biography, Courtney Stodden, Doug Savant, Drama, Drew Waters, Holly J. Barrett, I Was a Child Bride: The Courtney Stodden Story, Lifetime, Maggie Lawson, Rick Peters, Ripped from the Headlines, Stella Grace Fitzgerald

Movie Review :: Lifetime’s Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story

April 13, 2025Chuck Duncan 1 Comment

Lifetime’s true-life story is compelling but still incomplete… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Angela Ray, Biography, Courtney Grace, Drama, Lifetime, Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story, Philip Fornah, Ripped from the Headlines, Robert Hamilton, Sir Brodie, Solace Kimbro Jones, Syndi Michelle Perry, Tiffany Black, Yaya DaCosta

Movie Review :: Lifetime’s I Was Octomom: The Natalie Suleman Story

March 9, 2025Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Lifetime is going all in on its ‘Octomom’ programming, kicking off with this TV movie… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Anita Wittenberg, Biography, Caitlyn Stryker, Drama, Genevieve Fleming, I Was Octomom: The Natalie Suleman Story, Jovanna Burke, Kristen Lee Gutoskie, Lifetime

Movie Review :: Lifetime’s I Will Survive: The Gloria Gaynor Story

February 8, 2025Chuck Duncan

Lifetime’s Gloria Gaynor biopic isn’t quite the emotional rollercoaster we expected… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Biography, Drama, Francesca Bianchi, I Will Survive: The Gloria Gaynor Story, Joaquina Kalukango, Lance Gross, Lifetime, Music, Pendo Muema, Voices of a Lifetime

Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story

February 1, 2025Chuck Duncan 6 Comments

Lifetime gives us a Cliffs Notes version of the rise of the 1980s band… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Biography, Bre-Z, Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story, Donny Carrington, Drama, Eric Diaz, Giovanni Cristoff, Isaias Alexander Miranda, Jearnest Corchado, Lifetime, Lisa Velez, Matt Borlenghi, Music, Terence Williams, Voices of a Lifetime

Movie Review :: Lifetime’s Mormon Mom Gone Wrong: The Ruby Franke Story

October 27, 2024Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Lifetime delves into the recent past for its latest ‘Ripped from the Headlines’ movie… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Amara Sanoy, Annaston Munro, Biography, Crime, Drama, Emilie Ullerup, Farrah Hahn, Heather Locklear, Josh Blacker, Lifetime, Mormon Mom Gone Wrong: The Ruby Franke Story, Nolen Dubuc, Ripped from the Headlines, Rowan McInnis, Savannah Miller

Movie Review :: White Bird

October 25, 2024Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘White Bird’ is a sequel that focuses on a WW2-era story about the capability of kindness… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Ariella Glaser, Biography, Bryce Gheisar, Drama, Family, Gillian Anderson, Helen Mirren, Lionsgate, Orlando Schwerdt, War, White Bird

Movie Review :: The Boys in the Boat goes for the gold on Blu-ray

July 14, 2024Patrick Regal Leave a Comment

If you can’t get enough sports dramas, here’s another solid offering… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Amazon MGM Studios, Biography, Callum Turner, Courtney Henggeler, Drama, Hadley Robinson, Jack Mulhern, James Wolk, Joel Edgerton, Peter Guinness, Sport, The Boys in the Boat

Golda delves into the complicated backstory of a controversial figure in the midst of a war

August 27, 2023Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘Golda” has its intentions obvious from the start about Golda Meir, but refuses to apologize about it… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Biography, Bleecker Street, Camille Cottin, Drama, Golda, Helen Mirren, History, Liev Schreiber

Oppenheimer is a soaring, melancholy explosion that shows Nolan at his best

July 21, 2023Jeremy Fogelman 1 Comment

‘Oppenheimer’ leads a ridiculously stacked cast through events that definitely changed the world… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Benny Safdie, Biography, Cillian Murphy, Drama, Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, History, Josh Hartnett, Jr., Kenneth Branagh, Matt Damon, Michael Angarano, Oppenheimer, Rami Malek, Robert Downey, Universal Pictures

Emily tells the story of the mysterious Brontë sister who died too young

February 26, 2023Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘Emily’ is a touch overstuffed but shines with the light of lead actress Emma Mackey… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Adrian Dunbar, Alexandra Dowling, Amelia Gething, Biography, Bleecker Street, Drama, Emily, Emma Mackey, Fionn Whitehead, Gemma Jones, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Romance

Elvis gives credit where credit is due

June 23, 2022Patrick Regal Leave a Comment

The latest music biopic will inevitably be controversial… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Austin Butler, Biography, Dacre Montgomery, David Wenham, Drama, Elvis, Helen Thomson, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Kodi Smit-McPhee, Luke Bracey, Music, Natasha Bassett, Olivia DeJonge, Richard Roxburgh, Tom Hanks, Warner Bros. Pictures, Xavier Samuel

Aline is the weirdest biopic not about Celine Dion

April 8, 2022Chuck Duncan 2 Comments

Is it a biopic? Is it a spoof? Is it for real? Who knows… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Aline, Antoine Vézina, Biography, Comedy, Danielle Fichaud, Drama, Jean-Noël Brouté, Roadside Attractions, Roc LaFortune, Sylvain Marcel, Valérie Lemercier

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HOTCHKA MOVIE REVIEWS

✦ IN CINEMAS ✦

    MERCY  Watch on Apple TV. ★★✩
    THE HOUSEMAID  Watch on Apple TV. ★★★
    BUGONIA  Watch on Apple TV. ★★★
    CHAINSAW MAN - THE MOVIE  Watch on Apple TV. ★★★
    ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER  Watch on Apple TV. ★★★
    ELEANOR THE GREAT  Watch on Apple TV. ★★✩
    A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY Watch on Apple TV. ★★✩
    HIM Watch on Apple TV. ★✩✩
    THE BALTIMORONS  Watch on Apple TV. ★★✩
    NE ZHA II Watch on Apple TV. ★★★
    WEAPONS  Watch on Apple TV. ★★★
    BAD SHABBOS Watch on Apple TV. ★★★
    THE NAKED GUN Watch on Apple TV. ★★✩
    THE FANTASTIC FOUR Watch on Apple TV. ★★★
    OH, HI!  Watch on Apple TV. ★★✩
    ALL REVIEWS
★✩✩ Avoid    ★★✩ Matinée    ★★★ Must See

✦ HOME VIEWING ✦

    A HOUSE BUILT ON LIES  ★★★
    MURDER AT THE MERRIWEATHER  ★★★
    MURDER IN THE DARK  ★★✩
    TO PHILLY WITH LOVE  ★★✩
    THE GUEST WHO WOULDN'T LEAVE  ★★✩
    TEN THOUSAND REASONS FOR REVENGE  ★★✩
    I HAVE TO KILL MY NEIGHBOR  ★★★
    A LITTLE PARK MUSIC  ★★★
    HOME MAKEOVER NIGHTMARE  ★★✩
    KIDNAPPING MY OWN DAUGHTER  ★★★
    A SEASON TO BLOSSOM  ★★✩
    DON'T TRUST THE COUPLE UPSTAIRS  ★★✩
    PICTURE PERFECT SISTER-IN-LAW  ★★✩
    THE MAN IN THE WINDOW  ★★★
    A ROYAL SETTING  ★★✩
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